But you perceive, my boy, that it is not so, and that facts, as usual, are very stubborn things, overruling all theories. - Jules Verne

I am not what you call a civilised man! I have done with society entirely, for reasons which I alone have the right of appreciating. I do not, therefore, obey its laws, and I desire you never to allude to them before me again!

While there is life there is hope. I beg to assert...that as long as a man's heart beats, as long as a man's flesh quivers, I do not allow that a being gifted with thought and will can allow himself to despair.

Les poëtes sont comme les proverbes : l’un est toujours là pour contredire l’autre.